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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...human rights and for the occupation of Afghanistan. The U.S. spokesman, former Attorney General Griffin Bell, was tough. Of Afghanistan he said: "The Soviet invasion cast a dark shadow over East-West relations which no meeting, no pronouncement-nothing, in fact, but the total withdrawal of Soviet troops-can dispel." Bell went on to denounce "brutal repression" against such Soviet dissidents as Yuri Orlov, the chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Monitoring Committee, Jewish Activist Anatoli Shcharansky and Dissident Leader Andrei Sakharov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST: Stonewalling Human Rights | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

...case published this year a female production manager's decision whether to change jobs was described as complicated by "the need to spend time with her new baby boy, her two grade school boys and her husband who had recently opened medical practice. "Such statements do little to dispel the idea that rapid turnover of women often makes their training an unproductive investment. It is this ambiguity in the administration's policies that casts doubts upon their claim to be a "progressive" institution. Despite their efforts, women remain a minority at the Business School. They continue to concentrate in marketing...

Author: By Carol R. Lynton, | Title: Women at the Business School | 11/21/1980 | See Source »

...speakers on the panel, entitled "Why Reagan? Decisive Factors in Election '80," agreed that the debates had a significant influence on the outcome of the election. "The debates allowed Reagan to dispel his image as a racist warmonger," Rachelle Patterson, a correspondent for the Boston Globe who covered the Reagan campaign, said...

Author: By Judith A. Rosen and Don ANTHONY Summa, S | Title: Reagan Panel | 11/14/1980 | See Source »

Said Reagan afterward: "I've examined myself, and I can't find any wounds." That, perhaps, was the biggest victory. Reagan was the challenger, who by credibly debating the incumbent could dispel lingering doubts about whether he was up to the job of President. Said Senior Adviser James Baker: "We only needed a draw to win." Reagan, in fact, did better than that. Said Carter Pollster Patrick Caddell: "It seems basically a wash, with maybe a slight edge for Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Now, a Few Words in Closing | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

Some of Schmidt's colleagues were disappointed that the S.P.D. had gained so little, an increase of only .3% in the popular vote, to 42.9%. In fact, Schmidt had done little to dispel the impression that he never wanted his own party to win an absolute majority, lest its obstreperous left wing get out of control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Business as Usual for a Big Winner | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

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